Missing the Point on Stormy [View all]
Amidst all of the lurid details and hopefulness that TFG will get his due, I fear that people are missing the significant underlying point.
Yes, he is a scumbag. We know that.
Yes, he manipulated the system to try and buy silence to effect an election. We know that.
But the underlying problem here is far more fundamental than that.
He had something to hide. Something that was worth a lot to hide. People with secrets are compromised and can be extorted .
She could have asked him for anything...state secrets, pardons, a high ranking position, green cards. She had him by the ballsack and could have demanded things a lot more damaging than money.
People who have secrets are dangerous because they will do unethical things to keep them a secret.
To be honest, I was pissed at Bill Clinton for this too. I didn't care that he was getting blown in the Oval Office. I cared that he was compromising himself in ways that made him vulnerable to extortion.
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